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Ark. Effects of Price Support. Acreage Adjustment, and Surplus 



Removal Programs Upon Arkansas Cotton Marketing Agencies and 

 Facilities . (1) Analyze effects of legislative acts & their 

 interpretation at national level, & administrative decisions 

 of the State Agricultural Stabilization & Conservation Office 

 on shifts in market supply areas within State on cotton market- 

 ing agencies & facilities. 



Agr. Econ., Rur. Sociol. 466 (SM-14) Coop. USDA (Also see 



Part 2, Section a. ) 



Ga. Effects of Governmental Price and Income Policy Upon Georgia 



Cotton Producers . To analyze & appraise the effects of the cotton 

 programs in terms of concurrent changes in farm enterprise com- 

 binations, market systems, & interrelationships of product & 

 factor prices for cotton. 



Agr. Econ. M-ll (SM-14) (Also see Part 2, Section a.) 



Ga. An Economic Analysis of Effects of Fires on Insurance and 



Other Costs at Gins . Reduce fire insurance cost to ginners. 

 Learn (1) effectT of prevention devices & practices on frequency 

 & extent of fires & cost, (2) relation of premiums for gin fire 

 insurance to losses, (3) trends in types of & rates for insurance 

 to ginners, (4) legal limitations & regulations of fire insurance 

 companies. 



Agr. Econ.. Agron. M-14 (SM-17) Coop. AMS (Also see Part 14, 



Section a. ) 



Ga. Economic Analysis and Evaluation of the Use of Fiber Tests 



in the Marketing of Cotton . To learn (1) nature & extent to which 

 differences in fineness, strength, & other fiber properties are 

 used in marketing cotton at various stages; (2) influence of 

 these differences on prices paid for cotton; (3) estimated costs 

 of tests; (4) basis for & accuracy of criteria used by firms in 

 relating fiber testing to value of cotton; (5) value of fiber 

 testing in guiding cotton breeding & production programs de- 

 signed to produce qualities desired by consumers. 



Agr. Econ. M-17 (SM-18) Coop. AMS (Also see Part 14, Sec- 

 tion a. ) 

 La. A Study of the Marketing of Cotton and Cottonseed and 



the Economics of Cotton Gin Operation in Louisiana. To (l) 

 Analyze economic position of the cotton ginning industry in 

 Louisiana; (2) study methods of marketing cottonseed in Louis- 

 iana; (3) analyze methods of marketing cotton, to explore op- 

 portunities of new marketing methods, & (4) estimate, in co- 

 operation with Cotton Division of AMS, in the grade & staple 

 length of cotton produced in Louisiana. 

 Agr. Econ. 467 Coop. AMS 



